Economic evaluation of benefits associated with automated fault detection and diagnosis in rooftop air conditioners

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 113 PART 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 200-210

  Li, Haorong ^a,b   Braun, James E ^a,c  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; AMERICAN SOCIETY; ANNUAL MEETINGS; APPLIED (CO); AUTOMATED FAULT DETECTION; CALIFORNIA; CONDITIONING UNITS; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION (EE); EQUIPMENT LIFE; FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS (FDD) SYSTEMS; FAULT PREVENTION; HVAC APPLICATIONS; LOW COST SENSORS; MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PAYBACK PERIOD (PBP); SERVICE ACTIVITIES; SERVICE COSTS; TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT; UTILITY COSTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; COSTS; FAULT DETECTION; FINANCE; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LITHIUM; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PAPER; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

OPERATING COSTS;

EID: 45749149639     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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